Money habits are everything! Kissing the nine-to-five goodbye and becoming your own boss is a dizzying experience. The dreaming, the refining, the hustling, the self-promoting, the, you know, working! Let me tell you from someone who’s been there, it’s a lot. And then some. So trust me when I tell you one of the biggest…read more
Lets start with GIFTS Is there a better feeling than spreading a smile across a loved one’s face? Chocolate, sex, even 90-minute massages have got nothing on helping your favourite people glow a little brighter. I’d figured it was my driving force behind forking out thousands on presents over the years. Birthdays, weddings, babies coming…read more
Who doesnt overspend.. ? Keeping up with the Joneses is stupid. Whatever happened to running your own race? Aussies put so much pressure on themselves to keep up appearances they are overspending, eating into their savings, and causing fights with their partners. I think it needs to stop now. According to new research by Finder,…read more
Some of us shudder at Dad jokes. Others get clammy hearing compliments. But what makes me cringe? Tallying up all the money I’ve pretty much thrown away on groceries, that’s what. Thinking about the days I’d drop a pineapple on a wheel of cheese or buy my toilet paper in cute little blocks of four…read more
Money is the cause of so many fights in relationships. Take the emotion out and get it down on paper. So, here are a few money moral dilemmas. I have some friends who are couples but aren’t on the same page when it comes to money. Of course, I will change their names, ages, marital…read more
We often see couples celebrating in front of a house with a big “Sold” sticker. But I think we should be celebrating with “Paid Off” stickers. I am about to make the final payment on my first investment property. It’s only taken me 10 years to pay it off, and so I’m feeling very proud…read more
Hello, I’m Shelly Horton and I’m a Stock Market virgin. But 2022 will be the year that I pop my cherry and actually invest in the stock market. I’m 48 years old and I still consider the stock market gambling. But I’ve now got enough intelligent friends, family and experts telling me that in fact…read more
Asking for a pay increase after a pandemic sounds as palatable as drinking a fish milkshake. Many organisations will be struggling, so asking for a pay rise at a time when they’re struggling to start up again and keep other employees on could be seen as a douche move. However, some industries boomed during COVID.…read more
Paulette Perhach first popularized the term F*ck-Off Fund when she wrote an essay that went viral a few years ago. She built up hers—and then used it to travel throughout South America and jumpstarted her dream career. A F*ck Off Fund can be for positive reasons like that or they can be cause you need to…read more
*And it’s one of the best decisions I ever made! My investment property was an impulse buy. Sounds extravagant huh? Let me explain. It was 2011 and I’d flown home to Queensland for my Mum’s birthday. I had a long chat to my parents about wanting to buy my own investment property. I’d been divorced…read more
Its not pretty, but heading to Splitsville will cost you if you don’t follow these top tips It’s not pretty but if you know you are heading to Splitsville here are some top tips to follow that I wish I’d known before my divorce. 1. Get a lawyer and an accountant I was lucky in…read more
They say the secret to a lasting marriage is separate bathrooms. I think it’s separate bank accounts.My husband and I have separate bank accounts. I know that may sound strange to a lot of married people. It’s not about trust or greed, for me it’s about independence. Most of our money goes into one pot…read more